I built one of these new tool P-40’s in early December of last year. It turned out very nice. I have seen a surviving example of an actual Pearl Harbor survivor P-40 and took a ton of detail photos of it.

All of the little nit picking you hear on line about how this isn’t just right, or that looks wrong is hog wash………. The flaps do have a small gap when they are fully raised. The kit depicts this very well. The “Nun’s Hat” looks pretty darn good too. Even the wheel wells have a canvas cover just like the real one…………………

If you need any detail pics please let me know……………………

Thanks my friend, for starting this build thread. I’ll be watching it for sure, especially a “Boyington” plane !!! Building an AVG plane flown by Boyington is on my “bucket list”.